Intel Core i5-11600K vs Intel Core i5-12450H

Core i5-11600K vs Core i5-12450H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-11600K performs better than the Core i5-12450H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12450H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12450H has slightly more cores than the Core i5-11600K. Indeed, the Core i5-12450H has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11600K. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-11600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12450H. Also, the Core i5-11600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12450H outputs less heat than Core i5-11600K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-12450H has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-11600K. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-11600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.